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elleriekaren's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
continuitea's review against another edition
4.0
Sad and heavy but buoyed by some really beautiful prose. I liked hanging out in Wallace's head, despite the circumstances
hellomadalyn's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ratatouille1312's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
corymackenziegray's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
erintowner's review against another edition
5.0
The whole time I was reading this book I had a sense of unease. Brandon Taylor does a good job of building just indefinable angst. I empathized with each of the characters while also wanting to shake them. I felt angry at MANY of the characters portrayed here. A good illustration of the quiet rot that can lie under the surface of daily life. The ending left something wanting but it somehow fit with the rest of the book.
viviantuyle's review against another edition
emotional
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
babymandrake_666's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
kymayhew's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
tarrowood's review against another edition
5.0
BT brutalizes the readers of Real Life with heavy emotions that are practically palpable. Real Life is more than the words on the page, and it even offers a complexity to the level of Virginia Woolf — which it alludes to. The main character, Wallace, radiates as a symbol similar to that of Job, as he must live a life of emotional and mental agony. I will not forget anytime soon, either, the imagery and symbolism of birds in the novel: birds offer a third-person perspective of life, looking down on us, putting us in a perspective WITH others, rather than allowing us to view others through our own self...